Fined over accident

The American man charged over the two-vehicle collision near Te Anau on Thursday which injured six people was fined and disqualified from driving when he appeared in the Invercargill District Court yesterday.

Scott Allen Sherrill-Mix (31) pleaded guilty to three charges of careless driving causing injury on the Te Anau-Milford highway.

His Nissan collided with a campervan at the Duncans Rd intersection near Te Anau. Two passengers were flown by helicopter to Southland Hospital with serious injuries. They have since been discharged.

Sherrill-Mix was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for six months.

 

 

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